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Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will outlaw the addition of colouring matter to chicken feed designed to brighten the colour of the egg yolk.
Mr. Maclean
Regulation of these colouring matters is a matter for agreement within the EC. The continued use of one of the principal colourants is currently being examined by expert committees both in the EC and also in this country.
| Imports of bananas into the European Community 1984–88 | |||||
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | |
| Total | 2,289,843 | 2,396,683 | 2,635,305 | 2,608,659 | 2,933,007 |
| of which | |||||
| Community Producers | |||||
| tonnes | 712,002 | 697,897 | 860,494 | 681,554 | 690,572 |
| per cent. | 31 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 23 |
| ACP Producers | |||||
| tonnes | 335,997 | 413,395 | 445,065 | 456,623 | 513,707 |
| per cent. | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Dollar Producers | |||||
| tonnes | 1,204,265 | 1,253,589 | 1,255,897 | 1,366,017 | 1,642,595 |
| per cent. | 52 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 56 |
| Other | |||||
| tonnes | 37,579 | 31,802 | 73,849 | 104,465 | 86,133 |
| per cent. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Source: Eurostat.
Note:—Eurostat data does not include imports from the Canary Islands for 1984 and 1985 and for imports from Madeira throughout the period Estimates of such imports from FAO data have been added to the Eurostat data to give comparable coverage. In the breakdown such imports. are included under Community Producers.